Mensa memory
Posted by keithosaunders on October 10, 2017
The Trump-train chugs on. Last week it was reported that Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, referred to the president as a ‘moron.’ Donald J. Trump, ever the sportsman, challenged Tillerson to an IQ contest. Once the news of this reached the high IQ society known as Mensa, the international society offered to oblige by hosting the test. You can’t make this up!
Mensa is in the news, possibly for the first time ever, and this jogged an old memory of mine. Years ago I had a gig on a cruise ship. My band mate, with whom I shared a cabin, was a member of Mensa. How did I know? He had a Mensa t-shirt which he wore practically every day.
One day we played chess and somehow I beat him. He must have let his guard down, playing a non-genius. I couldn’t believe it, and neither could he. You’ve never seen an angrier sax player. I believe this was the last I saw of his Mensa T-shirt.
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verdun2 said
“Some men look to be judged a genius by surrounding themselves with fools.”–attributed to Mark Twain. As with a lot of stuff attributed to him, I won’t bet the farm that he really said it.
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